RuneScape [[electronic resource] ] : gold strategy guide : the unofficial guide to making millions in the RuneScape MMORPG / / Lesley Harrison

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462428903321
• Autore: Harrison Lesley
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Birmingham, : Packt Pub. Ltd., 2012
• ISBN: 1-280-87293-4; 9786613714244; 1-84969-291-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (166 p.)
• Collana: Gold strategy guides : a workout - not a walkthrough
• Disciplina: 794.815365
• Soggetti: RuneScape (Game) - Economic aspects; Fantasy games - Economic aspects; Video games - Economic aspects; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Can I Ever Afford 8 Million Gold for a Dragon Pickaxe?; The best way to play RuneScape; Using SwiftKit to gain the upper hand; Why use IRC?; Free versus paid; Useful tools to improve your RuneScape experience; Protecting your account; If it looks too good to be true; So what is safe to use?; Useful links; Summary; Chapter 2: Making Earning Easier; Picking the right world for your activity; World activities explained; Mini-games explained; Taking advantage of time zones; Finding resource spotsPlanning your character; Character level versus combat level; Combat levels and you; How combat levels are calculated; The different styles of players; Pures; Skillers; Purists; Mix and match; So, I have a character, now what?; The Explorer's ring; Getting started-Tasks; Death, banks, and protecting your items; Protect your items-put them in the bank; Getting around; Teleports; Communicating with other players; Colored text and effects in chat; Summary; Chapter 3: Earning Gold with Gathering Skills; Skills in RuneScape; Saving inventory space with the Toolbelt; Gathering tips-skill-by-skillFishing; Training fishing; Heavy-rod fishing; List of fish by level; Mining; Rune essence mining; Mining for ores; Woodcutting; Making money with woodcutting; Random events; Hatchets and machetes by level; Trees by level; Farming; Getting started with farming; Seeds available at Draynor Market; How farming works; Hunting; Hunter equipment; Making money as a hunter; Low-level hunters; Mid-to-high-level hunters; Combat; Saving time when gathering; Summary; Chapter 4: Earning Gold with the Artisan Skills; What artisan skills are there?; Artisan skills for F2P accountsCrafting; Firemaking; Waste not, want not-Ash; Runecrafting; Rune running; Making money from runes; Smithing; Smithing combined with other artisan skills; Cooking; Members-only artisan skills; Construction; Earning with construction; Fletching; Getting started with fletching; Intermediate fletching; High-level fletching; Herblore; What is the Watchtower quest?; Should you buy or gather materials?; In business, time is money; In conclusion; Why craft when you can just buy and sell?; Arbitrage; How does arbitrage work?; Understanding supply and demand; Getting started with arbitrageWhat should you trade?; Should you join a trading guild?; Some final tips; Useful links; Summary; Chapter 5: Dungeoneering; Why dungeoneering?; Getting started with dungeoneering; Using the Ring of Kinship; What if I don't want to run a group?; Before you do a dungeon; Customizing your Ring of Kinship; Floors and levels; What will you find in a dungeon?; What are complexities?; What is guide mode?; Binding items; Skills and dungeons; Completing a dungeon; Puzzles; Prestige XP explained; Modifiers and bonuses; Strategies for levelling dungeoneering; Resource dungeons
• Sommario/riassunto: The unofficial guide to making millions in the RuneScape MMORPG